Parenting ⋆ Forever Amber: An Awkward Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything

I refused to feel guilty for sending my toddler to nursery… so why do I feel guilty anyway?

February 20, 2020February 19, 2020 0 Comments 5 min read

I know I shouldn’t feel guilty about sending my toddler to nursery for a few hours per week: but that doesn’t stop me feeling guilty anyway…

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Product Reviews

Amber’s Guide to Orbeez: the water beads about to take over your life

February 5, 2020 4 Comments 4 min read

Over the past few weeks, our house has become filled with little round water beads called Orbeez: here’s everything you didn’t ever want to know about them…

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Surviving Parenthood

30 Things I Couldn’t Even Have Imagined Doing Until I Had a Baby

January 31, 2020January 30, 2020 2 Comments 4 min read

There’s no doubt that becoming a parent changes your life, and sometimes requires you to do things you wouldn’t have even imagined in your life Before Kids. Here are just a few of them…

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Surviving Parenthood

How I Juggle a Baby, A Business and Everything Else

January 20, 2020January 29, 2020 7 Comments 9 min read

Last week I was asked how I manage to juggle a blogging business with looking after a toddler: here’s the honest answer…

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Surviving Parenthood

7 Things I Swore I’d Never Do as a Parent, And Yet Here We Are

January 10, 2020January 29, 2020 18 Comments 0 min read

Like most parents, we had the very best of intentions. And, also like most parents, we didn’t quite manage to stick to all of them…

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Over-Thinkers Anonymous Surviving Parenthood

Why It’s OK Not to Enjoy Every Minute

January 6, 2020 30 Comments 6 min read

I can’t possibly be the only person on social media who didn’t just have the best decade ever… can I?

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Surviving Parenthood

11 Things I Didn’t Know About Toddlers Until I Had One

November 26, 2019January 23, 2020 6 Comments 10 min read

Some random thoughts on my second year of parenthood, and what it’s like raising a toddler…

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Unsolicited Parenting Advice

The Best Toys for Toddlers

November 19, 2019 4 Comments 10 min read

A gift guide for the little people in your life, as chosen by Max, age 23 months,

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Surviving Parenthood

If your kid is wearing a half-assed Halloween costume today, come sit with me…

October 31, 2019 21 Comments 8 min read

Does a 1 year old really NEED a Halloween costume, though? Asking for a friend…

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Surviving Parenthood

Trying to leave the house with a toddler is like breaking out of Alcatraz

October 21, 2019October 30, 2019 8 Comments 4 min read

It also has the ability to totally warp time, not even joking.

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Anxious Girl Issues Surviving Parenthood

The Hardest Thing About Parenthood is All the People You Have to Talk To

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 26 Comments 6 min read

Because parenthood can be tough for the over-thinkers of the world. Here are some of my thoughts on parenting when you have social anxiety (or are just a bit anti-social, really…)

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Surviving Parenthood

11 Things I Miss About Life Before Children

September 23, 2019November 27, 2019 26 Comments 8 min read

When you have children, you temporarily say goodbye to some aspects of your old life. These are the things I miss most about life BC…

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Surviving Parenthood

What’s the hardest stage of parenthood?

August 6, 2019November 25, 2019 24 Comments 5 min read

When Max was tiny, I thought parenting a newborn must surely be the hardest thing in the entire world. I was wrong…

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Travel Advice Travel With Children Unsolicited Parenting Advice

Florida with a Toddler: Our Tips

July 17, 2019December 2, 2019 2 Comments Location: Florida 11 min read

When we made the decision to take our then 16-month old toddler on holiday to Florida this year, I think a lot of people thought we were just straight-up crazy. Here’s how we got on, plus some of our best tips on how to do Florida with a toddler…

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Anxious Girl Issues Surviving Parenthood

Parenting With Anxiety

July 15, 2019February 12, 2020 18 Comments 6 min read

What it’s like to parent when every single day brings something new to worry about…

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